Extended-stay hotel in Canton ahead of schedule

The extended-stay hotel going up off Jessop Place is well ahead of schedule.
“Our target (for opening) is by the end of September or early October,” said Kristin Crinot, chief executive officer for EXCL Hospitality, management company for the Suburban Extended Day facility being built off Interstate 70.
A late October launch was forecast in mid-May, so the construction phase obviously has gone well.
Crinot said she was on site last week and said the room arrangement is ideal for extended-stay guests. “It’s almost like a miniature apartment, with everything you need in a home away from home.”
That includes a boot room, for drill-site and other laborers.
Crinot’s Louisville, Ky.-based company will oversee the four-story, 120-room hotel being built in Canton Township. Bedway Development Corp. of Belmont, Ohio, began construction last September. Glenmark Holding LLC of Morgantown, W.Va., is the real estate leasing and development firm.
EXCL is interviewing candidates for the 15 full-time positions that are available. To apply, visit www.exclhospitality.com and click on “Join Our Team.”
Judson Wiley & Sons cemented its reputation long ago and keeps on trucking.
The South Main Street concrete supplier is celebrating its 110th birthday this year. It has been family owned and operated all along, spanning four generations.
Tom Wiley, the principal owner, heads an ownership team that includes his three daughters: Terri Wiley-Rhodes, Debbie Wiley-Abbas and Melissa Jane Nicolella.
Their business one of the oldest in the city of Washington.
“We started as cement contractors,” Tom said, reflecting back to 1905, when his grandfather, Judson, launched the enterprise. Tom said the company once did concrete work in addition to supplying the material, before eventually dropping the work crew. Over time, it also supplied coal to homes, businesses and schools throughout the city, and sold feed and hardware supplies.
The company operated out of several locations during its first 20 years, before moving to its current site in 1925.
It’s no surprise Tom Wiley is a driving force, for he is a car aficionado – specifically, a Jaguar devotee. He has seven of them, and two won top awards during the past three Julys at the Classics on Main car show in Washington.
To contact the company, visit judsonwileyconcrete.com or call 724-225-7620.
Sharp’s Furniture is about to end its remarkable 99-year run.
Saturday is the store’s targeted closing date. Located on the southbound side of Route 19 in South Strabane Township, Sharp’s is selling its remaining stock at 70 percent off. Its hours are noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday; noon to 8 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
This is a third-generation store operated by Sibyl Sharp Ream, the president, and her husband Dave, the vice president. Her grandfather, Charles L. Sharp, opened the business in 1917 on West Chestnut Street in Washington. It expanded at that site in 1925, then moved to its current location in 1969.
Sharp’s is known for its quality furniture, massive showroom (27,000 square feet) and – of course – its longevity.
Bowser Cadillac’s move along Route 19 is taking longer than initially anticipated. But not much longer.
“Oct. 1 is our target,” said Ed McGrath, operations director for Power of Bowser, the dealership’s parent company.
The new Cadillac operation remains under construction on Washington Road in Peters Township, next to Cremation & Funeral Care. Bowser currently operates three miles to the south, on Old Washington Road in North Strabane Township.
McGrath told the Observer-Reporter in December he was hoping the move would be completed by Sept. 1.
There are two major differences between the sites. Power of Bowser owns the Peters location, three acres and an adjacent 6.3-acre lot it acquired more than two years ago; it leases its current property. And the new dealership will be much larger – 24,000 square feet featuring a showroom, offices, service and parts departments, and a detail shop.
“It’s going to be fantastic,” said McGrath, who works at Bowser’s corporate offices in West Mifflin. “It will be a state-of-the-art, first-class facility.”
McGrath said he is unaware of plans for the North Strabane site.
A doctor with local ties has been elected president of the Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society.
Thierry Verstraeten was recently elected by his peers to a two-year term. He is a doctor at Southwestern Pennsylvania Eye Center, which has offcies in Washington and Waynesburg.
A native of Belgium, Verstraeten is an ophthalmologist with Allegheny Health Network. He also practices at Allegheny Ophthalmic & Orbital Associates at Allegheny General Hospital.
“This is a tremendous honor because it is a selection made by my fellow ophthalmologists in the Pittsburgh area,” Dr. Verstraeten said in a statement.